Planning A Heart-Stopping Story

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Holly Lisle

Full-time novelist Holly Lisle has published more than thirty novels with major publishers. Her next novel, THE RUBY KEY, (Orchard Books) will be on shelves May 1st. You can receive her free writing newsletter, Holly Lisle's Writing Updates at <a href="http://hollylisle.com/newsletter.html" title="http://hollylisle.com/newsletter.html" target="_blank">http://hollylisle.com/newsletter.html</a>

By Holly Lisle

Published on 05/7/2008

Part VII of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series Over the last six lessons, you've figured out your theme, and you've worked out at least one and possibly several subthemes You've learned how to use blended scenes, intercuts, and cliffhangers to work both themes and subthemes into your work